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Top 20 dividend stocks in the USA

Investing in the stock market correctly and wisely today could earn one handsome returns. There are several good dividends stocks in the market today, out of which details of top 20 dividend stocks are detailed below:

Comcast
Comcast has increased its dividend at a 20% clip since past five years and still plans to improve. It then combines with the stock buybacks as well as the increased price.

Costco
The Costco has got a yield in line which has got its frugal prices which is about 1.2%. But the same dividend has been increasing 24% a year for the past 10 years.

Top 20 dividend stocks in the USA
Especially dividend stocks raised to +0.59% in the year 2017.

Microsoft
Microsoft’s price or earnings ratio has surged to 18.3 shortly. But, even at that level, the shares usually provide a substantial yield (2.6%), as well as the dividend, is increased 12 years.

Union Pacific
For the sake of crude prices, the grain inventories as well as the coal, and a reduced regimen have all started to work in Union Pacific’s favor. Since then, the stocks got increased by 17.5% in the past year.

PepsiCo
PepsiCo, strong mix of beverages, as well as snacks, has been providing easy and free cash flow which is derived with 10% annual dividend and jumps for the past 10 years.

It gives a hike for up to 2.9% from the current yield.

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco’s products, as well as technologies, have been divided into switching, then routing (next-generation network (NGN), as well as collaboration, wireless and security, etc. Revenues from the products usually include 76% of 2016 revenues while the rest 24% came from the services.

EQT Midstream Partners, LP
EQT Midstream Partners targets annual distribution growth of about 20% in the year 2017 and 15% to 20% from the beginning in the year 2018.

Medtronic
Medtronic is a global leader in medical technology, as well as the services. This company usually yields 2.1% which seems to be a bit higher than the S&P 500.

Apple
The Apple Company has got $170 billion in long-term investments, and it is now very profitable which makes you purchase huge quantities of its own shares and improve its dividend. It has further increased at an annual pace of 10% since the past four years.

Air Products & Chemicals
The Air Products & Chemicals is an industrial gas company that provides atmospheric and process gases as well as the related equipment to the manufacturing markets. It may consist of metals, electronics, as well as food and beverage too and its dividends are increased by up to +0.39%.

Pfizer
Pfizer has mostly been amongst the top 20 dividend stocks in the last few years. The earnings per share are usually expected to increase by up to 8% in 2017, and the dividend gets well-covered. It generally pays for about $7.2 billion in dividends and is about to get increased in the current year 2017.

Schlumberger
Schlumberger is the oil and gas services giant, which has got a dominant market share that is quite stable in underlying businesses. However, the company’s relationship to volatile oil prices usually counters the stock little a while.

L Brands
It seems to be a clothing retailer who owns the likes of Victoria’s Secret as well as the Bath & Body Works. While, the stock’s yield is generally 3.4%, and the payout has been increased by up to 25% annual clip since 2011.

Nike
It engages in design and development that involves in sales and marketing of various products related to sports and lifestyle such as garments, footwear, accessories, etc. The earnings per share have been increasing for several years. While the ‘payout ratio’ of profit dividends remain 22% that increases in future.

International Paper
Being one of the world’s giant paper and packaging materials suppliers, analysts can expect earnings per share that increases up to 23% in 2017.

AbbVie Inc.
AbbVie has shown a great sales growth every year and further plans to increase by more than 60% in order to reach $37 billion by 2020.

Chevron
Chevron’s stock earns up to 36% in 2016 which should become much stronger in the next year. However, the analysts estimated the revenue growth from $113 billion to $153 billion (2016 – 2017).

PPL Corporation
PPL has made their dividends increase at an annual rate of 3.3% since their last decade, and the earnings per share have been increased up to 5 – 6% per year via 2020. It arrives with PPL’s rate base that improves about 5% annually between 2017 and 2020.

TELUS Corporation
This company usually targets to raise dividends by 7% till 10% annually from 2017 till 2019. Somehow, maintaining a payout ratio between 65% and 75%, one can expect the solid dividend growth to continue for shareholders.

Disney
Disney is found to be the largest entertainment companies in the entire world which rely on its $166.91 billion market cap. The company has increased EPS at 14% a year since the last decade, and the Dividends have increased by 18% a year during the same period.

These are the top 20 dividend stocks of the companies in the USA.

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